Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of articles and videos showing how amazing octupus/octopuses/octopi are and it kind of bums me out that they only live 6-24 months. Apart from their amazing camouflage, ability to squeeze through tight spaces, shoot ink, shoot a water jet, and inject venom; they are incredibly smart AND they are reasonably capable OUTSIDE of water!

It makes me wonder if their brains’ potential could develop further if they had longer lifespans. (I obviously don’t have a clue if this makes any sense from a scientific stand point).

And how still the surface is. Almost the way it would look if an aquarium tank had a large photo of the Italian coastline pasted to its back wall, and a photo was taken through the glass from in front.